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are there many real bill clintons? who is bill clinton? in a complicated man, this story's is told through 169 people who know him. the idea was to create a book-like conversation about this fascinating man, a conversation the reader can eavesdrop on. i hope it's the most intimate character yet of our 42nd president. i think it's the most varied. people included in the book are people who grew up with bill clinton, people who went to school, worked for him, worked with him, against him, people who investigated him, defended him, reported on him, people who love him, people who hate him. everyone from the cousin who took him to classes to the statesmen and nationally known journalists, cabinet members, political consultants, over 2 dozen members of congress from barnesny frank -- barney frank and there's a cameo appearance by flint. i took a solid year interviewing, and now my wife tells me i'm a man of strong opinions stubbornly held. she was struck when i would report on the days interview, i would find merit in the views of what whatever
are there many real bill clintons? who is bill clinton? in a complicated man, this story's is told through 169 people who know him. the idea was to create a book-like conversation about this fascinating man, a conversation the reader can eavesdrop on. i hope it's the most intimate character yet of our 42nd president. i think it's the most varied. people included in the book are people who grew up with bill clinton, people who went to school, worked for him, worked with him, against him, people...
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to have bill clinton there, to say this got bill clinton there. bill clint kim jong-il and the state-run news agency said they had exhausted takes on a whole range of issues, this is about a private issue, this is not about the nuclear issue that the united states has with north korea. and clearly, kim jing ill ong-i going to use this as a propaganda tool. what i'm curious about is how much intelligence we can glean through former president clinton as well as some of the other officials. we will learn about that dictatorship, that reclusive regime, because in the past couple of years, they have developed enough plutonium for about half a dozen nuclear weapons. >> we'll see what happens, thank you very much for your insight and reporting as well. we also are getting reaction from a number of people we heard from treasury secretary ray lewis, but we also have with us pennsylvania governor ed rendel with us to talk about an interesting senatorial race. governor can you respond to it? >> sure, obviously it's good news because of the two young women in
to have bill clinton there, to say this got bill clinton there. bill clint kim jong-il and the state-run news agency said they had exhausted takes on a whole range of issues, this is about a private issue, this is not about the nuclear issue that the united states has with north korea. and clearly, kim jing ill ong-i going to use this as a propaganda tool. what i'm curious about is how much intelligence we can glean through former president clinton as well as some of the other officials. we...
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's. >> guest: bill clinton, a lesson on recklessness is a word from bill clinton. bill clinton is reckless in his entire life certainly his entire political life and with bill clinton in its recklessness that gets into the white house and the first place. again we talk about shame earlier and i think recklessness is required by any politician in a way because you need to stand up and try to win people over and it's the stakes are so high and you can humiliate yourself on such a grand scale that any politician needs to be reckless to some degree that bill clinton being dill -- bill clinton takes it to the extreme. his recklessness is something that haunts him in arkansas. he pounds his 92 presidential campaign. obviously. >> host: we are talking about sex here. >> guest: we are talking about sex, that's correct but on many different levels. >> host: what do you mean by that? >> guest: it's not just the sex. he would do stuff in the oval office, do things like wild campaigns. it's not just wondering. it's not just philandering is reckless. it's that he would take suc
's. >> guest: bill clinton, a lesson on recklessness is a word from bill clinton. bill clinton is reckless in his entire life certainly his entire political life and with bill clinton in its recklessness that gets into the white house and the first place. again we talk about shame earlier and i think recklessness is required by any politician in a way because you need to stand up and try to win people over and it's the stakes are so high and you can humiliate yourself on such a grand...
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is bill clinton. he gets out of bed every single day trying to figure out -- >> you bet. >> -- how does he help someone else? >> terry mcauliffe, thank you so much for joining us on "the ed show" tonight. if the former president is watching right now, you can tell him you are not going to give him any strokes on the golf course. >> you nor i are going to do that listen, he doesn't need strokes, he will beat both of us. >> thanks, terry. appreciate your time tonight. >> bye bye. >> that is the best news that we have heard personally from the president's bedside from doug to terry mcauliffe here "the ed show." >>> coming up, a man who saw president clinton through some of the most stressful years of his life and his heart, former white house special counsel, lanny davis. stay with us. you are watching "the ed show" on msnbc. it's a tasty, nutritious way to make this number go up... and help this one go down. v8. what's your number? >>> welcome back to "the ed show." we have some new details about secret
is bill clinton. he gets out of bed every single day trying to figure out -- >> you bet. >> -- how does he help someone else? >> terry mcauliffe, thank you so much for joining us on "the ed show" tonight. if the former president is watching right now, you can tell him you are not going to give him any strokes on the golf course. >> you nor i are going to do that listen, he doesn't need strokes, he will beat both of us. >> thanks, terry. appreciate your...
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is there are real bill clinton to back either many pilgrims? who is bill clinton? and a complicated man the story is told to the voice of one of its 69 people who know him. the idea was to create a book like conversation about this fascinating man, a conversation that the reader can ease drop on i hope it is the most intimate character portrait yet. i think it is the most varied. people included of the book are people who grew up with him, went to school, worked for him, worked with him, worked against him, investigated him, defended him, reported on him, love him, hit him. everyone from the cousin who took the 5-year-old bill clinton to the saturday westerns in arkansas to a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. classmates and every stage of his education to nationally known journalists. cabinet members, political consultants, over two dozen current and former members of congress, to republicans like bob dole and late henry hyde. there is even a cameo appearance by larry flint, the publisher of hustler magazine. i spent a solid year interviewing. my wife t
is there are real bill clinton to back either many pilgrims? who is bill clinton? and a complicated man the story is told to the voice of one of its 69 people who know him. the idea was to create a book like conversation about this fascinating man, a conversation that the reader can ease drop on i hope it is the most intimate character portrait yet. i think it is the most varied. people included of the book are people who grew up with him, went to school, worked for him, worked with him, worked...
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>>> bill clinton's post presidency is unlike any before. >> i had always said that bill clinton would run for president for the rest of his life -- not literally but figuratively -- and i think i underestimated him. i think he is going to run for president of the world for the rest of his life. >> but in january, 2001, as the clinton administration is coming to a close, it is difficult to see what he will do next. the president is only 54 years old, and now saying good-bye to the greatest job he could imagine. >> they may find somebody who can do this job better than me. they will never find anybody who had any more fun doing it than i had. >> this is a person who's had a very purpose-driven life, so he had to find that purpose again. >> daunted perhaps by the thought of leaving office -- >> i want to thank the academy for this tremendous honor. >> he is able to make fun of his situation with this comedy skit he did for the white house correspondents dinner. >> yazhtsee! >> you did it my man. >> in reality his last days in the white house were a frenzy to beat the clock. >> wanted to
>>> bill clinton's post presidency is unlike any before. >> i had always said that bill clinton would run for president for the rest of his life -- not literally but figuratively -- and i think i underestimated him. i think he is going to run for president of the world for the rest of his life. >> but in january, 2001, as the clinton administration is coming to a close, it is difficult to see what he will do next. the president is only 54 years old, and now saying good-bye...
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bill clinton, kind of an archetypal boomer. clinton and w born just a month apart in 1946. 41, archetypal member of the greatest generation. at the time, it felt like this burst of energy and momentum, and change, very self-consciously for clinton. it was a lot like 1960 when jfk takes office. the first president born in the century after eisenhower. in its own way, not unlike 1901 when teddy roosevelt, much younger than william mckinley, takes over and there is this burst of energy, enthusiasm momentum. and then the thing that is also difficult in the category of musings for you all to capture in your minds, is how different the world was in 1992. the cold war has ended. in the midst of a small recession, but not a grievous one. there was this general atmospheric sense of optimism, almost easy optimism in a way that is very hard for us to quite calibrate in our minds right now. just given the state of the world. that prevailed all during clinton's presidency, in part because of him, and in part just because of things that were
bill clinton, kind of an archetypal boomer. clinton and w born just a month apart in 1946. 41, archetypal member of the greatest generation. at the time, it felt like this burst of energy and momentum, and change, very self-consciously for clinton. it was a lot like 1960 when jfk takes office. the first president born in the century after eisenhower. in its own way, not unlike 1901 when teddy roosevelt, much younger than william mckinley, takes over and there is this burst of energy, enthusiasm...
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>> they voted for bill clinton. they're concerned about their pocketbook issues and they're concerned about gender equity issues. they're not concerned about mitigating bill clinton. >> bill clinton is one of the most popular people in the world. james carville kept saying it over and over again that he's a popular man, but he is. i've been to places like ireland with him, and he's loved. why is he loved despite his public behavior. something is there. why does that not hurt bill clinton? >> it's partly because of who bill clinton is as a person which donald trump and hillary clinton couldn't do last night on the debate stage which is make a real connection with voters. bill clinton is the american dream. he came from nothing to become the highest office in the land, and i think also, secondly, people have fond memories of a better time in terms of the economy as well. the 1990s were undoubtedly -- in disputably a growth era for blue collar voters. >> he kept coming back. this idea that we all sin, we all fail, we a
>> they voted for bill clinton. they're concerned about their pocketbook issues and they're concerned about gender equity issues. they're not concerned about mitigating bill clinton. >> bill clinton is one of the most popular people in the world. james carville kept saying it over and over again that he's a popular man, but he is. i've been to places like ireland with him, and he's loved. why is he loved despite his public behavior. something is there. why does that not hurt bill...
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bill clinton remains a global rock star. he's one of the most visible people in the world, one of the most popular people in the world, beloved in countries around the world and the north koreans. >> they wanted to be around this guy, didn't they? >> they wanted something that somebody of that stature accrues to a rogue nation like north korea. and you know, i think the president clinton was very careful not to do anything. you didn't even see him smiling in the official pictures. >> talk about his conduct in a minute. >> he was fearful of not being used and yet not getting what he wanted. >> i thought he was like a p.o.w. with his fingers crossed. here's what that freed journalist laura ling said this morning about bill clinton. let's lis. >> and we were taken to a location, and when we walked through the doors, we saw standing before us president bill clinton. we were shocked. but we knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end. and now, we stand here home and free. >> wow. mike
bill clinton remains a global rock star. he's one of the most visible people in the world, one of the most popular people in the world, beloved in countries around the world and the north koreans. >> they wanted to be around this guy, didn't they? >> they wanted something that somebody of that stature accrues to a rogue nation like north korea. and you know, i think the president clinton was very careful not to do anything. you didn't even see him smiling in the official pictures....
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bill clinton is only in it for bill clinton. so louis freeh, the khobar towers bombing occurs to louis freeh is investigating it. the suspects are being held by saudi officials, and louis freeh needs bill clinton to talk to saudi officials and to make sure that they can cooperate with them and they canno can have aco the suspects. >> host: i said 9/11. i met khobar towers. >> guest: so they have this, all the groundwork for this meeting is late. the deputies on each level, freeh is talking to saudi counterparts and they know this conversation will take place. i now this is at the end of the clinton administration or tortured in. bill clinton in this private meeting doesn't bring up the khobar towers. he brings up a donation to his own foundation from the saudis, which he secures. he would have had the get-go. he would have had the ability for them to say, go ahead and investigate, go ahead and we are willing to cooperate as much, give you access to the suspects. and it stifle because clinton himself just won't make the ask. >> h
bill clinton is only in it for bill clinton. so louis freeh, the khobar towers bombing occurs to louis freeh is investigating it. the suspects are being held by saudi officials, and louis freeh needs bill clinton to talk to saudi officials and to make sure that they can cooperate with them and they canno can have aco the suspects. >> host: i said 9/11. i met khobar towers. >> guest: so they have this, all the groundwork for this meeting is late. the deputies on each level, freeh is...
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we need bill clinton to come out and do only what bill clinton can do. he can make the most complicated economic argument seem as simple and as easy as pie. and we need that because reality is we are in a complex economic situation. normal democrats who are not super powered people like bill clinton stumble over very simple stuff even asking are your better off, worse off? bill clinton will knock it out of the park tonight. i got my popcorn. >> i think that's right. i think we all do. levity aside for just a second, i think bill clinton actually has quite a difficult and quite an important role. it's not just to say, yes, i'm in obama's camp now. last night we got wonderful speeches. julian castro was fantastic. his daughter was even just so adorable. michelle proved once again that she is an exceptionally brilliant and beautiful woman. however, both of those speeches were purely emotional in their appeal. i love this man. you can trust this man. the american dream. what bill clinton now has to do is actually make a policy argument. why is it that barack
we need bill clinton to come out and do only what bill clinton can do. he can make the most complicated economic argument seem as simple and as easy as pie. and we need that because reality is we are in a complex economic situation. normal democrats who are not super powered people like bill clinton stumble over very simple stuff even asking are your better off, worse off? bill clinton will knock it out of the park tonight. i got my popcorn. >> i think that's right. i think we all do....
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but for bill clinton, bill clinton, his flaw is women. so i think that about sums it up. >> host: wait a second. you are saying to one specific woman he's been having a long-term relationship with? >> guest: i think the our multiple, constantly, that's correct. in the book i talk about one specific, but more broadly there are more. >> host: widget you learned about mrs. clinton's reaction to this track to a common question. what does hillary clinton say about this? a general consensus is that she probably doesn't know and almost certainly doesn't want to know. that hillary clinton realizes that bill clinton has this flaw. this is not new to her. she's been humiliated on a national stage by bill clinton. she understands how he works and how it operates, and she doesn't want to know the details. the way the clinton world works, clinton inc. works, is bill clinton has his own column. he has his own staff, his own secret service detail. that's completed separate from hillary clinton was her own chief of staff, our own staff, her own secret se
but for bill clinton, bill clinton, his flaw is women. so i think that about sums it up. >> host: wait a second. you are saying to one specific woman he's been having a long-term relationship with? >> guest: i think the our multiple, constantly, that's correct. in the book i talk about one specific, but more broadly there are more. >> host: widget you learned about mrs. clinton's reaction to this track to a common question. what does hillary clinton say about this? a general...
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. >>> please welcome president bill clinton. >> bill clinton's speech at the democratic national convention let the world know what it's known for a long time he's the most popular figure in america. >> as another president once said, there they go again. >> but clinton's impact is not just here in america but it's global. >> i love my life now. it's just fun. >> he's taken whatever capital he had as an ex-president and has put it trying to do real good in the world. >> bill clinton is a new kind of world leader. >> he's the single most extraordinary competent politician i've ever met. >> grandly ambitious planetary in scale. >> i want to keep being very active in the things i cared about as president where i can still have an influence. >> when he lands in a foreign country, people go wild. he's such a great ambassador for the united states of america today. >> his one phrase that people have said and that's he's president to the world. >>> 62 heads of state. hundreds of corporate leaders. multinational types. movie stars. an unparalleled collection of the powerful and celebrated gather to
. >>> please welcome president bill clinton. >> bill clinton's speech at the democratic national convention let the world know what it's known for a long time he's the most popular figure in america. >> as another president once said, there they go again. >> but clinton's impact is not just here in america but it's global. >> i love my life now. it's just fun. >> he's taken whatever capital he had as an ex-president and has put it trying to do real good in...
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in june 2010 bill clinton was in columbia. >> bill clinton meets with the then president of colombia to discuss matters in private. what is curious is that hillary clinton is in colombia at the same time. after bill leaves the presidential palace hillary clinton comes in and has lunch with the president of colombia where she signed some technical agreements and explains her commitment to a free trade agreement between colombia and the united states. >> the very same trade agreement she had pledged to defeel while running for president in 2008. >> as i have said for months i oppose the deal i have spoken out against the deal i will vote against the deal and i will do everything i can to urge the congress to reject the colombian free trade deal. >> also in colombia with bill clinton was frank justra a billionaire businessman and family friend we'll meet again. let's go down the timeline as you have it. >> frank justra a canadian billionaire arrives in colombia with bill clinton on june 8, 2010. hillary at that same time meets with president arebe. what is troubling is that in the days
in june 2010 bill clinton was in columbia. >> bill clinton meets with the then president of colombia to discuss matters in private. what is curious is that hillary clinton is in colombia at the same time. after bill leaves the presidential palace hillary clinton comes in and has lunch with the president of colombia where she signed some technical agreements and explains her commitment to a free trade agreement between colombia and the united states. >> the very same trade agreement...
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bill clinton: thank you. [applause] bill clinton: thank you. i'd like to thank your principal and my friend the mayor for company may here. i want to say a word, jaime is semi-nervous, coming up here. he's a better politician than i am, i think. he reminded me that this is homecoming week. i reminded him that if he makes a few more touchdowns, you might get another term, after he leaves the high school. give him a hand, i think you did a great job. [applause] bill clinton: thank you. all, itell you first of want to talk for a few minutes and then allow as much time as we have for questions. on them home in arkansas, i spend a lot of time in schools like this. i come from a family like most of your families, and average middle-class family. the publichrough schools, if it weren't for the public schools and wouldn't be standing here today is a candidate for president. i decided to run in large measure because i worked for 11 years in my state to try and improve the economy and to try and improve educational opportunities for people like you. i be
bill clinton: thank you. [applause] bill clinton: thank you. i'd like to thank your principal and my friend the mayor for company may here. i want to say a word, jaime is semi-nervous, coming up here. he's a better politician than i am, i think. he reminded me that this is homecoming week. i reminded him that if he makes a few more touchdowns, you might get another term, after he leaves the high school. give him a hand, i think you did a great job. [applause] bill clinton: thank you. all, itell...
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in the form of bill clinton. and that is interesting to think about the role of former presidents and in an administration of the same party, have we ever had that sort of prospect for party continuity over a couple of different presidencies heading into a new one? >> really not. and as you and i have talked on other occasions, two former presidents, you know, one of them in the white house, another at least a couple years barack obama in d.c. that is unusual. but i think what is going to be interesting is if she can really make this work. we haven't had a situation where you had a former president in the white house, one reason that barack obama gave for not considering hillary clinton eight years ago for vice president was, he said you can't have, you know, two presidents in this administration. >> michael, it's great to have you here, nice to see you. >> thank you, rachel. >> on the stage right now, that is alicia keys, and it's unusual as convention programming to not have the night end with a speech and then
in the form of bill clinton. and that is interesting to think about the role of former presidents and in an administration of the same party, have we ever had that sort of prospect for party continuity over a couple of different presidencies heading into a new one? >> really not. and as you and i have talked on other occasions, two former presidents, you know, one of them in the white house, another at least a couple years barack obama in d.c. that is unusual. but i think what is going to...
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bill clinton has become mr. humanitarian in chief. >> when bill clinton's presidency ended in its closing days, one of his close aides confided to me, you know, i'm really worried. i worry that he's going to end up like willie mays. remember willie mays the hall of famer ended his career at an atlantic city casino, because he didn't have the judgment and needed the money. the fear is that without bill clinton, without all the organization, without all the staff aides, would not -- would be directionalist and wouldn't know how to use his platform. that fear turned out to be really misplaced. clinton did, i think, kind of flail around for maybe six months after his presidency ended. but then he took on real purpose, and he's been a phenomenally active ex-president. he's become a much more bipartisan figure than he ever was during his eight years in office. and i think he has -- he's achieved his ambition, which is to be kind of a figure of the world. a representative of the united states, but a figure of the world
bill clinton has become mr. humanitarian in chief. >> when bill clinton's presidency ended in its closing days, one of his close aides confided to me, you know, i'm really worried. i worry that he's going to end up like willie mays. remember willie mays the hall of famer ended his career at an atlantic city casino, because he didn't have the judgment and needed the money. the fear is that without bill clinton, without all the organization, without all the staff aides, would not -- would...
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from bill clinton. what we know about the accusations, next. i had so many thoughts once i left the hospital after a dvt blood clot. what about my wife... ...what we're building together... ...and could this happen again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? i spoke to my doctor and she told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots. but eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. knowing eliquis had both... ...turned around my thinking. don't stop eliquis unless you doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily... and it
from bill clinton. what we know about the accusations, next. i had so many thoughts once i left the hospital after a dvt blood clot. what about my wife... ...what we're building together... ...and could this happen again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? i spoke to my doctor and she told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots....
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and 1982, bill clinton is archived. bill clinton has that appeal. it was forgotten after all the headaches of the 1990s. >> what would you say are the common misconceptions about him and his presidency and his time? >> the biggest misconception in one of the other big aha moment i had is that his government would simply finger to the wind, that he was poll driven and he he was just a creature of dick morris. he was sensitive to bolster a 40 went on a family vacation he told to go see what would be a respectable place and will be not a respectable place. but at the end of the day what i realized is bill clinton was as ideological as prescient as ronald reagan. he wasn't a right-winger but he had a tick. you go back to 1980s and in the 1980s or something called the democratic leadership council which form mostly southern moderates in their look at the first of the great society, look at the success of the reagan revolution and saying we want to save liberalism. you look at what's called the new orleans manifesto. look at bill clinton's speeches, you l
and 1982, bill clinton is archived. bill clinton has that appeal. it was forgotten after all the headaches of the 1990s. >> what would you say are the common misconceptions about him and his presidency and his time? >> the biggest misconception in one of the other big aha moment i had is that his government would simply finger to the wind, that he was poll driven and he he was just a creature of dick morris. he was sensitive to bolster a 40 went on a family vacation he told to go...
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le bill clinton shaped his times but he was also lucky. barack obama wasn't as lucky.n i remember in 2009 when you look at barack obama and you realize it is one thing to launch my wae campaign when everything lookeda like peace and prosperity and if you knew that it was going to crash but you realize all of a sudden that i've got work to do and bill clinton was blessed by god eight years of peace and prosperity. >> in some ways more portrait of clinton is that of a greek tragedy hero or antihero so here is what you wrote in the book. this is directly out of the buck. tal the ambition and triumphs. economically unbalanced, too vulnerable to the evil plans of os osama bin laden and politically colorized.e bl hi you blame him for the polarization?? i'm surprised that surprised thr usian to be pinning it on him. if you look at the role he role he should have been the healer. thehave great uniter his visionf wi trying to compromise and to tbrg bring republicans together in the division to fix the liberals and the great society and saved essive
le bill clinton shaped his times but he was also lucky. barack obama wasn't as lucky.n i remember in 2009 when you look at barack obama and you realize it is one thing to launch my wae campaign when everything lookeda like peace and prosperity and if you knew that it was going to crash but you realize all of a sudden that i've got work to do and bill clinton was blessed by god eight years of peace and prosperity. >> in some ways more portrait of clinton is that of a greek tragedy hero or...
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now to bill clinton. terrible guilt. >> sean: you say your thing, go ahead. >> i think that to suggest that the clintons have not paid a profound price for the infidelity and the committed by the president, president bill clinton. >> sean: she was the presidential candidate last year and they never asked her in the media, that was last year. >> but, sean, not only was he only the second person in history -- the second president history to be impeached in 1998, he also in 2016 cost his wife thisle election. if youou remember the second presidential dental debate in october after the hollywood tapes had seemingly devastated donald trump's campaign to then-candidate trump,n beleaguered candidate trump stacked the room with the accusers of bill clinton, absolutely destroying bill clinton's credibility and, by extension, his wife, the candidate. >> sean: if you have said on this program -- >> they have paid dearly. >> sean: excuse me, i disagree. if roy moore is unfit because of forty-year allegations, more co
now to bill clinton. terrible guilt. >> sean: you say your thing, go ahead. >> i think that to suggest that the clintons have not paid a profound price for the infidelity and the committed by the president, president bill clinton. >> sean: she was the presidential candidate last year and they never asked her in the media, that was last year. >> but, sean, not only was he only the second person in history -- the second president history to be impeached in 1998, he also in...
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bill clinton opposed. we want to reform the legal system it's too costly, bill clinton wants status quo. reform health care, bill clinton wants to ration health care. bill clinton wants to empower government we want to empower people. bill clinton says america is the mockery of the world. he is wrong. at some time during these next four years, there is going to be a crisis. there will be an international crisis. i can't tell you where it's going to be. i can't even tell you the circumstanc circumstances, but it will nee experience, tested and qualifications to handle the crisis. the president has been tested. the president has the integrity and the character. the joyce is yours. you need to have a president you can trust. can you really trust bill clinton? >> admiral stockdale, your overing statement, please, sir. >> who am i? why am i here? [ applause ] i'm not a politician. everybody knows that. so don't expect here to use the language of the "washington insider". 37 years in the navy, om one up there in
bill clinton opposed. we want to reform the legal system it's too costly, bill clinton wants status quo. reform health care, bill clinton wants to ration health care. bill clinton wants to empower government we want to empower people. bill clinton says america is the mockery of the world. he is wrong. at some time during these next four years, there is going to be a crisis. there will be an international crisis. i can't tell you where it's going to be. i can't even tell you the circumstanc...
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we know bill clinton, we know bill clinton in 1992 being in madison square garden. athey told a more personal story of bill clinton, shaking jfk's hand. so bill clinton's goal was to essentially tell the human side of hillary clinton because it has not been done. it was never done in any of her campaigns. i was thinking about in listening to the speech going you know, i have seen bio spots for hillary clinton and i remember them in 2000 and 2008 and even in this year. and they have always been a little clinical and sterile, but they have never been personal. bill clinton made them personal tonight i think in a way that she needed to have happen. and remember who he is supposed to be speaking to. he is not speaking to a base of any particular -- i think they really wanted him speaking to swing voters. older voters in particular who have you know, more swing voters than ever. his generation of voter, his peer group are not voting democrat the way they used to. and i think he was speaking to that peer group as well, which was older baby boomers who right now are voting
we know bill clinton, we know bill clinton in 1992 being in madison square garden. athey told a more personal story of bill clinton, shaking jfk's hand. so bill clinton's goal was to essentially tell the human side of hillary clinton because it has not been done. it was never done in any of her campaigns. i was thinking about in listening to the speech going you know, i have seen bio spots for hillary clinton and i remember them in 2000 and 2008 and even in this year. and they have always been...
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bill clinton wants to raise taxes. for a balanced budget, bill clinton is opposed. we want to be formal legal system because it is costly. bill clinton wants a status quo. we want to reform the health care system, bill clinton wants to ration health care. we want to empower people, bill clinton wants to empower government. june of this year, june of this year america is democracy of the world. he is wrong. sometime during these next four years there will be a crisis. there will be an international crisis, i can tell you where it will be. i can't even tell you the circumstances but it will happen. the integrity in qualifications to handle the crisis. the president has been tested, the president has the integrity and the character. the choice is yours. you need to have a president, that you can trust. can you really trust bill clinton? >> admiral stockdale, your opening statement. >> who am i? why am i here? [applause] i'm not a politician, everyone knows that. don't expect me to use the language of the washington insider. 37 years in the navy and only one of them in
bill clinton wants to raise taxes. for a balanced budget, bill clinton is opposed. we want to be formal legal system because it is costly. bill clinton wants a status quo. we want to reform the health care system, bill clinton wants to ration health care. we want to empower people, bill clinton wants to empower government. june of this year, june of this year america is democracy of the world. he is wrong. sometime during these next four years there will be a crisis. there will be an...
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bill clinton needs to be loved but also to be needed. boy, does president obama need bill clinton to make a very strong case. >> jake, i want to point out the fund-raising, the first line, don't take anything for granted. don't think you can wait until the debate. we have to point out to everybody, october 3rd. again, we are so close to these debates. >> the fund-raiser is so important, it is a divisive advantage over the campaign. now, we're seeing the video introducing president bill clinton. >> from cokie, another thing that the president has to do, it seems to me, kennedy voters now in they're 60s, 70s, hard to believe. john mccain did well among them so he's representing tonight. >> it's true, he's become the senior spokesman. the former bad boy of the democratic party and according to some has now become clearly a senior spokesman. and those voters that he did win when they were younger, he's going to have to appeal to them tonight and a very important appeal because as you say, the older voters are the people that obama is having
bill clinton needs to be loved but also to be needed. boy, does president obama need bill clinton to make a very strong case. >> jake, i want to point out the fund-raising, the first line, don't take anything for granted. don't think you can wait until the debate. we have to point out to everybody, october 3rd. again, we are so close to these debates. >> the fund-raiser is so important, it is a divisive advantage over the campaign. now, we're seeing the video introducing president...
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but bill clinton went straight for it. >> bill clinton countered issue by issue, the core republican question of whether or not americans are better off under president obama, getting one of his biggest applause lines on the issue of debt. >> the romney plan fails the first test of fiscal responsibility. the numbers just don't add up. i mean, consider this, what would you do if you had this problem, somebody says we got a big debt problem, we have to reduce the debt. what's the first thing he says we're going to do. to reduce the debt we'll have another $5 trillion in tax cuts. heavily weighted to upper income people. so we'll make the debt hole bigger before we start to get out of it. now, when you say what are you going to do about this $5 trillion, you just added on, they say we'll make it up, by eliminating loopholes in the tax code. so then you ask, well, which loopholes and how much? you know what they say? see me about that after the election. now people ask me all the time, how we got four surplus budgets in a row? what new ideas did we bring to washington. i always give a on
but bill clinton went straight for it. >> bill clinton countered issue by issue, the core republican question of whether or not americans are better off under president obama, getting one of his biggest applause lines on the issue of debt. >> the romney plan fails the first test of fiscal responsibility. the numbers just don't add up. i mean, consider this, what would you do if you had this problem, somebody says we got a big debt problem, we have to reduce the debt. what's the...
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bill clinton just put on a clinic. he explained complicated policy in ways the ordinary guy, the ordinary woman could understand and he explained, i think, some of the issues people have been concerned about. jobs, where are we on jobs? he explained how we got here and he explained what president obama has done and he explained why it would have been impossible. he said even he couldn't do it. to fix eight years of rot in four years. i thought that was critical. >> by the way, sebelius was even out last night. he has said they're not under the hat check. they can come out and campaign. do you have any sense they're going to follow one heavyweights, principals like the first lady? >> i think so, chris. the key to this is bill clinton as governor and as a rising politician learned how to explain, defend, and extol the role of government in american life in a conservative era. he did it. he was the guy rising up. >> out of arkansas. rising up against the reagan tie. how to explain it to the guys in the gas station. and mo
bill clinton just put on a clinic. he explained complicated policy in ways the ordinary guy, the ordinary woman could understand and he explained, i think, some of the issues people have been concerned about. jobs, where are we on jobs? he explained how we got here and he explained what president obama has done and he explained why it would have been impossible. he said even he couldn't do it. to fix eight years of rot in four years. i thought that was critical. >> by the way, sebelius...
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that's not because of bill clinton. in some ways though we might give him credit close i didn't have the vision of wired up america. making sure we had high tech have and have-nots. the challenges understanding, yes, some of these things are huge and we live in a world where friends are virtual on facebook. they're not real. one of. one of the things that scares me about america today is that we are so so into our technology and our individual technology that we've lost community, technology, true friendship and communication. that's not the president's fault but presidents can make a difference. >> a president can restore it. >> i do think leadership counts and personality affects things. if you put that together, in every decade, there are, and you have to write this as a book with the ideological changes but you also see, if george w. bush had been reelected, or if dole had been elected in 1996. he was the same age as hillary is today and they all made fun of him. that would have been different. >> he's younger than
that's not because of bill clinton. in some ways though we might give him credit close i didn't have the vision of wired up america. making sure we had high tech have and have-nots. the challenges understanding, yes, some of these things are huge and we live in a world where friends are virtual on facebook. they're not real. one of. one of the things that scares me about america today is that we are so so into our technology and our individual technology that we've lost community, technology,...
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she said, bill clinton is going to be president some day, and i'm going to marry him. >> from bill clinton's perspective, obviously there were a lot of women who were interested in him. but hillary was different. during that time, his roommate at yale would say he would prepare and prep them for times when hillary was coming over because he wanted to impress her so much. she would not put up with what she called his arkansas palaver. she was the one who had the guts to say come off it, bill. they actually did have a lot in common. they had the same ambitions. they thought they could get places together that they could not get to a park. they share a love of politics and movies and books and intellectual things. there was a spark there, that i think hillary from the beginning was head over heels for bill. i think he just saw her as someone different and someone who could really help him and be a partner. >> how long did it take from that first meeting to marriage, and how does the relationship progressed? >> it took several years. what happened in between was quite fascinating. when bill was
she said, bill clinton is going to be president some day, and i'm going to marry him. >> from bill clinton's perspective, obviously there were a lot of women who were interested in him. but hillary was different. during that time, his roommate at yale would say he would prepare and prep them for times when hillary was coming over because he wanted to impress her so much. she would not put up with what she called his arkansas palaver. she was the one who had the guts to say come off it,...
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can you really trust bill clinton? mr. bruno: admiral stockdale, your opening statement, please, sir? admiral admiral stockdale: who am i? why am i here? [laughter] [applause] admiral admiral stockdale: i'm not a politician -- everybody knows that. so don't expect me to use the language of the washington insider. 37 years in the navy, and only one of them up there in washington. and now i'm an academic. the centerpiece of my life was the vietnam war. i was there the day it started. i led the first bombing raid against north vietnam. i was there the day it ended, and i was there for everything in between. 10 years in vietnam, aerial combat, and torture. i know things about the vietnam war better than anybody in the world. i know some things about the vietnam war better than anybody in the world. and i know how governments, how american governments can be -- can be courageous, and how they can be callow. and that's important. that's one thing i'm an insider on. i was the leader of the underground of the american pilots who w
can you really trust bill clinton? mr. bruno: admiral stockdale, your opening statement, please, sir? admiral admiral stockdale: who am i? why am i here? [laughter] [applause] admiral admiral stockdale: i'm not a politician -- everybody knows that. so don't expect me to use the language of the washington insider. 37 years in the navy, and only one of them up there in washington. and now i'm an academic. the centerpiece of my life was the vietnam war. i was there the day it started. i led the...
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do with bill clinton. the thing about news is you report on it when it is new. this is new and that is why we're talk eighty. >> exactly right. >> quick breakout and then -- >> i want to say to my trump supporters over there. once again there is only one clinton on the ballot. and her name is not bill. >> she's -- >> no. that is the definition of sexism when you blame the woman. >> there's other women blaming her. >> when you continue to do that, blaming hillary clinton for that that is the definition of sexism. >> i'm a female, i assume i'm not sexist against women and when there is a deposition that says private investigators -- >> you guys -- >> -- problem for me as a woman. >> you use the situation when it best suits you. >> that is what you do. >> that is what you do and you brick up old cases for someone who's not running for president. >> -- >> she is running for president and not bill clinton. period, end of story. >> after the break we're going the get late reports from brian stelter from possible
do with bill clinton. the thing about news is you report on it when it is new. this is new and that is why we're talk eighty. >> exactly right. >> quick breakout and then -- >> i want to say to my trump supporters over there. once again there is only one clinton on the ballot. and her name is not bill. >> she's -- >> no. that is the definition of sexism when you blame the woman. >> there's other women blaming her. >> when you continue to do that,...
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. >> the clinton's influence is felt all over the globe. >> bill clinton did a good job. sounds like there's a button there. >> there's a lot of buttons. >> will it all come back to haunt hilary. >> we're talking about ukraineranium the russian government. >> we'll be subject to all kinds of distractions and attacks. i'm ready for that. >> fox news reports, the tangle clinton web. >> behind me is a city with more concentrated power than any in the world. washington. and hillary clinton wants the top job in town. ever since she announced her candidacy for president, her past has attracted new scrutiny. one aspect of her record is that she and husband bill have spent years making millions and handing out even more to various causes. they say they're doing good work. but some people now claim their activities raise questions of influence pedaling on a global scale. tonight, we'll look at those charges. this is a story that goes around the world. we'll start in haiti. >> january 12th 2010. haiti suffers a devastating 7.0 earthquake. more than 200,000 died and over 100,000 bui
. >> the clinton's influence is felt all over the globe. >> bill clinton did a good job. sounds like there's a button there. >> there's a lot of buttons. >> will it all come back to haunt hilary. >> we're talking about ukraineranium the russian government. >> we'll be subject to all kinds of distractions and attacks. i'm ready for that. >> fox news reports, the tangle clinton web. >> behind me is a city with more concentrated power than any in the...
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bill clinton of arkansas was sworn in today. right back there at the capitol building. >> bill clinton, the first baby boomer president, what he represented was a fresh start. hopes were high. very high. >> the office of president of the united states. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> bill clinton defeats the man with the best resume in modern american political history, george bush. it seemed impossible. >> a new season of american renewal has begun. >> he was like a meteor. he came on the scene smart, well spoken, appealing and kind of fun. >> let's listen to president bill clinton tear it up. ♪ >> clinton comes to office brimming with energy, enthusiasm and self-confidence. the first few months would be a real trial for him. >> president clinton and his staff are regrouping after an embarrassing political setback. >> his choice for attorney general was before the senate judiciary committee apologizing for hiring illegal immigrants. >> we got off to a rocky start for a number of reasons. there were hiccups in the appointm
bill clinton of arkansas was sworn in today. right back there at the capitol building. >> bill clinton, the first baby boomer president, what he represented was a fresh start. hopes were high. very high. >> the office of president of the united states. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> bill clinton defeats the man with the best resume in modern american political history, george bush. it seemed impossible. >> a new season of american renewal has begun. >>...
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over bill clinton's past. they are willing to fight with trump on other issues, but you don't get to set the terms when you fight with donald trump. he's the master at setting the terms. i think in the short term, the clintons are going to hope donald trump turns his attention elsewhere because as i said, i just don't think that's what they want this day of the campaign to be about. they want to energize voters in an optimistic way, not fighting with donald trump about this. they may not have a choice. they may not be able to turn the other cheek forever but for today, at least, bill clinton executed what seems to be their current posture which is do not engage on this stuff for the foreseeable future. >> chris cillizza, how vulnerable is hillary clinton on foreign policy right now as you know donald trump's first campaign ad targets her and barack obama for all the problems isis and everything else he says they created in the middle east. >> this is one area where donald trump sort of his vision of what a gen
over bill clinton's past. they are willing to fight with trump on other issues, but you don't get to set the terms when you fight with donald trump. he's the master at setting the terms. i think in the short term, the clintons are going to hope donald trump turns his attention elsewhere because as i said, i just don't think that's what they want this day of the campaign to be about. they want to energize voters in an optimistic way, not fighting with donald trump about this. they may not have a...
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hillary clinton loves and adores bill clinton. she thinks the world of him and bill clinton loves bill clinton and thinks the world of him and that's how he described it. [laughter] and i think that's probably how that relationship pretty much worked. >> host: so you are the editor of the online weekly standard. and so, the question would be as part of the conservative media in america and people looking at the book do you think that there is a case built here by daniel halper? use that it doesn't disqualify her but -- >> guest: that isn't the case i'm making. i don't know whether after reading this book somebody might decide that there is no way that they could eve never vote for hillary clinton. or i don't know the opposite. people are sort of smart enough to know who they should vote for and i don't want to go around telling people who to vote for my contention is this is an amazing story to where they are today and that is what i'm trying to tell is this amazing story. so it's not, you know people will conclude what they want
hillary clinton loves and adores bill clinton. she thinks the world of him and bill clinton loves bill clinton and thinks the world of him and that's how he described it. [laughter] and i think that's probably how that relationship pretty much worked. >> host: so you are the editor of the online weekly standard. and so, the question would be as part of the conservative media in america and people looking at the book do you think that there is a case built here by daniel halper? use that...
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bill clinton is up and running. he's pitted against lawyer and former massachusetts senator, paul tsongas. - what's your name? - bob geller. good to see you. you been doing this? yeah. [popkin] clinton really knew how to talk to the good old boys, the pick-up truck people. john, how are we doing? how long has this pig been on? [popkin] he could sound like america, and he understood what they cared about and how to get to them. it wasn't for nothing that they called him bubba. by mid-january, clinton has edged in front of rival paul tsongas. [phone rings] but his world is about to come crashing down. hello? [kantor] 'the phone call was from bill clinton. 'he told me what was being published, 'what was coming out the next morning.' that moment, i was scared to death. yes, i was bill clinton's lover for 12 years. [woman] democratic presidential candidate bill clinton is denying allegations he carried on an extra-marital affar with a former nightclub singer. [carville] 'he said it wasn't true.' if it was true, it's hard
bill clinton is up and running. he's pitted against lawyer and former massachusetts senator, paul tsongas. - what's your name? - bob geller. good to see you. you been doing this? yeah. [popkin] clinton really knew how to talk to the good old boys, the pick-up truck people. john, how are we doing? how long has this pig been on? [popkin] he could sound like america, and he understood what they cared about and how to get to them. it wasn't for nothing that they called him bubba. by mid-january,...
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can you really trust bill clinton? mr. bruno: admiral stockdale, your opening statement, please, sir? admiral stockdale: who am i? why am i here? [laughter] [applause] admiral stockdale: i am not a politician. everybody knows that. so, don't expect me to use the language of the washington insider. 37 years in the navy, and only one of them up there in washington. and now, i'm an academic. the centerpiece of my life was the vietnam war. i was there the day it started. i led the first bombing raid against north vietnam. i was there the day it ended, and i was there for everything in between. 10 years in vietnam, aerial combat, and torture. i know things about the vietnam war better than anybody in the world. i know some things about the vietnam war better than anybody in the world. and i know how governments, how american governments can be -- can be courageous, and how they can be callow. and that's important. that's one thing i'm an insider on. i was the leader of the underground of the american pilots who were shot down a
can you really trust bill clinton? mr. bruno: admiral stockdale, your opening statement, please, sir? admiral stockdale: who am i? why am i here? [laughter] [applause] admiral stockdale: i am not a politician. everybody knows that. so, don't expect me to use the language of the washington insider. 37 years in the navy, and only one of them up there in washington. and now, i'm an academic. the centerpiece of my life was the vietnam war. i was there the day it started. i led the first bombing...
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according to bill clinton, that he's ever seen. for somebody in the public eye, part of government and washington establishment for as long as hillary has, that's a small task but in a way that it's been an anti-establishment dominated by donald trump. the clinton campaign seeing this very important. noting that while hillary clinton is in the establishment, she's able to make things happen. painting her as an agent of change, certainly a steep hill to climb, given her experience, but one that bill clinton was certainly putting a lot into tonight. that's something that ayou'll hear again tonight, joe biden and president barack obama keynoting the evening, both expected to make a similar case for hillary clinton, guys. >> phil mattingly, thank you very much. >>> let's discussion the second night of the democratic national convention and the performance by bill clinton. you already from him say this is sort of a painted cartoon character. this is that sound bite. >> if you win elections on the theory that government is always bad and
according to bill clinton, that he's ever seen. for somebody in the public eye, part of government and washington establishment for as long as hillary has, that's a small task but in a way that it's been an anti-establishment dominated by donald trump. the clinton campaign seeing this very important. noting that while hillary clinton is in the establishment, she's able to make things happen. painting her as an agent of change, certainly a steep hill to climb, given her experience, but one that...